Synthesis of dinuclear complexes. From ligand design to catalysis

Homogeneous catalysis is a useful synthetic tool in the chemical industry. Several products, for instance in fine chemicals were prepared by metal-catalyzed reactions. Usually the catalysts are mononuclear complexes containing diphosphine ligands generally coordinated in a cis fashion. This thesis f...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Martínez Ferraté, Oriol
Tipo de recurso: tesis doctoral
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2013
País:España
Institución:Universitat Rovira i virgili (URV)
Repositorio:Repositori Institucional de la Universitat Rovira i Virgili
OAI Identifier:oai:urv.cat:TDX:1260
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11797/TDX1260
http://hdl.handle.net/10803/126531
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:547 - Química orgànica
546 - Química inorgànica
54 - Química
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Sumario:Homogeneous catalysis is a useful synthetic tool in the chemical industry. Several products, for instance in fine chemicals were prepared by metal-catalyzed reactions. Usually the catalysts are mononuclear complexes containing diphosphine ligands generally coordinated in a cis fashion. This thesis focused in the development and application in catalysis of new nitrogen ligands which form trans or dinuclear metal complexes. Coordination complexes with bidentate ligands were applied in several metal catalyzed reactions, for example asymmetric alkene hydrogenation and asymmetric acetophenone hydrosilylation with rhodium. They were also applied in the oxidation of meso-diols with copper and iron. Multinuclear complexes were prepared for iron and zinc with tetradentate ligands. These complexes were applied in different catalytic transformations, for instance, the synthesis of cyclic carbonates from carbon dioxide and epoxides. C–H catalytic oxidation was explored with the dinuclear iron complexes.